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At a meeting of the School Committee, October 15, 
1855, the following Report was accepted, and amendments 
to the Rules and Regulations of the Schools adopted. 



EEPORT. 



The Committee appointed at the regular meeting of this 
Board, in June last, to draft Amendments to the Rules and 
Regulations, in conformity with the plan for re-organizing 
the Intermediate and Primary Schools, embraced in the 
report of a Committee, which was accepted at said meet- 
ing, respectfully recommend that the Rules and Regula- 
tions, as adopted and printed in 1854, be amended as fol- 
lows : — 

1. In the fourth paragraph of Sect. 1, Chap. IV, the 
words " Intermediate and " shall be inserted before the 
word " Primary." 

2. In Chap. VI, Sect. 3, all between the words " Visit- 
ing Committee,'* in the first paragraph, and the beginning 
of the third paragraph, shall be stricken out, and the fol- 
lowing clause substituted : 

" For admission into these schools the pupil shall be 
required to read at first sight easy prose ; to spell common 
words, of one, two or three syllables ; to distinguish the 
several marks of punctuation by their respective names 
and to have a general idea of their use ; to perform men- 
tally such simple operations in Arithmetic as are contained 



in the first hundred pages of "Colburn's First Lessons," 
except at the next annual examination, (in 1856,) when 
only seventy-five pages will be required ; to answer 
Teadily to any proposed combination of the multiplication 
'Table in which neither factor exceeds ten ; to read and 
write Arabic numbers containing three figures, and the 
!Roman numerals as far as the sign for one hundred; to 
pass a satisfactory examination in the first forty pages of 
Smith's Primary Geography ; to enunciate clearly and ac- 
curately all the elementary sounds of our language, (includ- 
ing the consonant as well as the vowel sounds ; ) and to 
understand the first principles of Penmanship." 

'$. All between the end of Sect 3, and the beginning 
■'Of the second paragraph of Sect. 5, in Chap. VI, shall be 
stricken out, and the following substitute inserted : 

" Sect. 4. The Intermediate Schools shall be devoted to 
such a thorough preparation of pupils as will enable them 
to pursue readily the proper studies of a Grammar School, 
^nd shall receive for this purpose the more advanced pupils 
from the Primaries, and others equally qualified. 

" The course of instruction in these schools shall be a 
continuation of that prescribed for the Primaries, with 
particular regard to the requirements adopted for admission 
to the Grammar schools. 

"Sect. 5. The Primary Schools shall receive such chil- 
dren, of not less than four years of age, as shall not be 
qualified to enter a higher school." 

4. The following section shall be added to Chap. VI. 

"Sect. 6. Whenever it shall be deemed expedient a 
Primary may be united with an Intermediate School under 
one Principal, who shall have the general direction of the 
whole, but shall give especial attention to instruction in 
the Intermediate department." 



In School Committee, 
Saleji, Oct. 15, 1855. 

The Third Visiting Committee have prepared, for the 
government of the Schools under their particular care, the 
following Special Rules, which are respectfully submitted 
for the approbation of the Board. 

CHAPTER I 
Organization of Schools. 

Article 1. The schools in Bridge street, Williams 
street, the lower part of Forrester street, Federal street. 
Mason street, and Aborn street, and on the corner of North 
and Lynde streets, shall be known as " Primary Schools." 

Akt. 2, The "Lynde School," on the Old Boston 
Roadj ^hall receive those children, living in that district, 
who are not qualified to enter a Grammar School, and also 
those more advanced female pupils who cannot convenient- 
ly attend a Grammar School, and the studies shall be varied 
accordingly. 

Art. 3. The school in the basement and w^ithin the 
enclosure of the Bentley schoolhouse ; that in the base- 
ment of the Phillips schoolhouse ; that in the basement of 
the Browne schoolhouse ; that in Fowler street, and that in 
North street, shall be known as " Intermediate and Alpha- 
bet Schools ; " and each shall consist of a Primary depart- 
ment, and also of an advanced or intermediate department 



under the special care of the Principal, who shall also have 
the oversight and general direction of the whole of her 
respective school. 

Art. 4. At the commencement of the School year the 
more advanced pupils of the "Primary Schools," and of 
the Primary departments of the " Intermediate and Alpha- 
bet Schools," shall be transferred, under the direction of 
the Chairman, to the several Intermediate departments, and 
shall be distributed in such manner as the convenience of 
the pupils and the condition of the Schools may require. 
Similar transfers may be made at any other time if deemed 
necessary. 

CHAPTER II. 
Instruction, &c. 

Art. I. The course of instruction in the Primary de- 
partment of the "Intermediate and Alphabet Schools '* 
shall be the same as that pursued in the several Primary 
Schools. 

Art. 2. The course of instruction in the Intermediate 
department shall be a continuation of that pursued in the 
Primaries, with especial regard to the preparation of pupils 
for the Grammar Schools. 

Art. 3. The following text-books shall be used in the 
Schools ; viz : Tower's First, Second, Intermediate, and 
Third Readers ; Colburn's "First Lessons in Arithmetic; " 
Bamstead's " Spelling and Thinking;" and Smith's "First 
Geography." 

Art. 4. Exercises in enunciation, as directed in Tower's 
reading-books, shall be considered an important part of in- 
struction in all the classes. 



Art. 5. The younger pupils shall receive oral instruc- 
tion in Arithmetic in accordance with the directions in the 
introduction to "^ Colburn's First Lessons," and it is desired 
that the author's method be strictly followed in teaching 
from that text-book. 

Art. 6. The older pupils, especially those who probably 
will not enter a Grammar School, may be taught simple 
operations in written Arithmetic. 

Art. 7. In the intermediate departments the rudiments 
of Penmanship, especially a proper position at the desk 
and manner of holding the pen, shall be taught. 

Art. 8. Every scholar shall be provided with a slate, 
and shall employ the time not otherwise occupied, in writ- 
ing, printing or drawing, for which purpose frequent use 
of the blackboard shall also be made. 

Art. 9. Singing shall, when practicable, be a regular 
exercise of every School session. 

Art. 10. Those female pupils, of a proper age, who 
have not elsewhere learned to sew, shall be taught plain 
sewing in the time otherwise allotted to drawing. 

Art. 1L Principals are authorized to make such 
classification of their respective Schools as they may deem 
expedient, subject, however, to the approval or direction of 
the Committee. 

Art. 12. Whenever a teacher is prevented by any cause 
from performing her duties, immediate notice shall, if possi- 
ble, be given by her to the committee of her school, in 
order that a substitute may be employed if necessary ; 
and every such absence shall be recorded, with its date, 
cause and duration, and the name of the substitute em- 
ployed, on the School Register. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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Such parts of the Rules and Regulations, and Special 
Rules adopted and printed in 1854, as are inconsistent 
with the foregoing, are herehy repealed. 

Attest : J. CLOUTMAN, City Clerk. 



